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Hi Timo, first of all thanks a lot for your reply. I tried your advise and got exactly what I wanted. It is a bit of a shame that it isn´t an absolutly easy and fast way, but it works. I don´t know how affinity knows what "a" and what "b" is in the equation, but it works. Is there a part in the manual to get a bit more into this? I had a bit of a problem to get the two neccessary layers in the right position, because they need to be at the same level AND be seperated, not sure why. The managemant with the layers is a bit different than in Ps, so I am not that much into it yet. I have to find some tutorials to understand that better. I added a red fill-layer under the others and so it is possible to change the oppacity of the masked regions to hide them a bit and there is also an option to mark them red (or any other color) with a defined oppacity. So there is even more options than in Ps now. Although I need much more layers and at least one, better two groups. It would be a goalchanger if Affinity will get these option in a further version for every masked created with a simple click. I am not sure why it isn´t part of the software at the moment, because for me it is very hard to mask without this feature. I tried to put this into an "action" (macro), but it seems that there is no possibility to change the order of layers in macros, is it? It would be great to have the option to create the layers by just one click or shortcut. Also I tried to use the layer-effect functions (color overlay) to solve the problem. It works with some masks, but it seems that it will not work with everyone. I am not sure when exectly this is an option. Maybe this is an other solution. Thanks again Daniel

Hello, I am new in the world of Affinity and made my first steps with the software yet. I am using Photoshop for several years now and I miss a very important feature while working in Affinity. Working with masks in Photoshop you can click on the mask while pressing the option and shift key. After doing this the screen will be shown with a red overlay to show where the mask is effective and where it is not. It´s the same as using the QuickMask-Tool in Affinity (shortcut-q). It seems that there ist only the option to show the mask by clicking on it while pressing the option key, but when you do this the mask is only shown in black and white. There is no overlay, so I can´t see where the mask is effective in the actual picture. Seeing only the mask without the picture behind it doesn´t help at all. I used the shortcut option-shift every time I made a mask in Photoshop. I can´t believe that there isn´t an option to show the active mask as an overlay while I am modifying it. There are so many adjustment layer where it isn´t that easy to see the difference of areas where the mask is active or not at first sight. So the is an absolutly basic feature, istn´t it? Am I missing any shortcut or option. Thanks a lot Daniel